Will No Stratford Relief Road Result in Less Development South of the River Avon in Stratford District?
An important consideration of the South Warwickshire Local Plan is how to get traffic over the River Avon in the Stratford-upon-Avon Area.
As most traffic travelling north from South of the River Avon tends to go through Stratford is there any realistic chance of large-scale development in Shipston without a new river crossing and relief road around Stratford?
Stratford Relief Road – The Penrod Route
With the original Stratford-upon-Avon South West relief road plans now looking like a dead duck, will a new Stratford Relief Road Study look at other options – For example The Penrod Route?
The Penrod Route Stratford Relief Road
Map showing the potential route of the Stratford Relief Road and the new bridge over the river to the South West of Stratford.
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A possible alternative route to the Stratford-upon-Avon South Western Relief Road which takes the traffic further out from Stratford, away from housing on Luddington Road and other side sewage works.
10 reasons why the Penrod Route of the Stratford Relief Road may be seen as a better option.
1. A better link to the new Long Marston New Town.
2. Moved away from racecourse.
3. Moved away from flood plains.
4. Moved away from majority of housing in Luddington road.
5. A smaller elevated section crossing river and rail track.
6. Joining on to Evesham Road well out of town.
7. A better route to eventually link through to Alcester Road.
8. Is an actual bypass rather than a so called relief road which provides a way of bypassing Stratford completely.
9. Provides 3 spur routes in to Stratford (via Evesham road, Alcester road and Birmingham road)
10. Far more suitable for larger vehicles.
Stratford Relief Road Proposed and Alternative Route
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Approximate route of the South West relief road for Stratford-upon-Avon with new bridge over the river Avon and 5m above the railway lines.
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A possible alternative route taking the traffic further out from Stratford, away from housing on Ludington Road and other side sewage works.
What Should CALA Provide
As CALA only really need to provide relief for the Long Marston village should they only really be obliged to provide the yellow line on the alternative route with the Council having to provide the connecting routes to Alcester Road and Shipston Road?
Is that not the obvious place for the South Western Relief Road?
It looks so obvious that it should go there that I am astounded it hasn’t been suggested
The possible alternative route could eventually link from Banbury Road to Alcester road, be well outside Stratford with an elevated section resembling an old viaduct over rail lines and river.
Have Your Say on The Stratford-upon-Avon South Western Relief Road
What do you think – Is where the proposal is the right place, If they are building a new bridge over the River Avon should the whole relief road go a further out and the other side of Bordon Hill Nurseries, does Stratford need a new Western Bypass at all?
The proposed penrod route causes significant more outlay due to the significant difference in distance. The first section of the road for the original bypass is already being installed.
What appears not to have been considered, is the proposed ‘Tee’ piece, joins the existing bridleway to the greenway / milcote seeds. It crosses the private road owned by Severn Trent as access to the sewage works, which has long standing 24/7 access from the 1900’s documented.
The proposed route across the greenway does span across a flood plain, due to the way the Avon floods past the sewage works in winter months, requiring significant structures to span large distances and cope with flooding. The route would also cross the stour and the Avon again across to the south / east, further adding to costs and design challenges associated with flooding.
The original route poses significant less cost (even this struggled for funding – so a longer route would pose significant further costs and challenges)
More destruction and landscape affect would be caused by the penrod route as opposed to the original route.
If building a road is so opposed, expensive and disruptive. Why not simply build new homes on the northern side of Stratford where good road networks exist and use some money saved by enhancing our environment.
Hi Jonathan, do you mean somewhere near Bearley?